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/236/ Green Nazi Paedos ft. Lily Lynch (UNLOCKED)

by Alex__1789March 1, 2022Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zsj88-11bceae On the German Greens' shady history. Journalist Lily Lynch, editor of Balkanist, joins us to talk about her recent investigations into the Green Party, who are now back in power in Germany. The 68ers attempted to combat authoritarianism…

/240/ Populist Interventions: Örebro Party ft. Malcolm Kyeyune

by Alex__1789February 8, 2022February 22, 20221 Comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-e4bny-119e8fc The first in an occasional series on new initiatives. We speak to Malcolm Kyeyune of Sweden's Örebro Party about its origins, analysis and goals. Is a new working class politics to be found in direct opposition to the PMC…

Excerpt: /237/ Three Articles: Italy, Ukraine, Matrix

by Alex__1789January 25, 2022February 1, 2022Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-u4e4b-118a74f We take on Italy's election of a new president and what that tells us about permanent crisis, the EU and the curtailing of democracy; we ask how serious the risk of war in Ukraine actually is; and review a…

Excerpt: /236/ Green Nazi Paedos ft. Lily Lynch

by Alex__1789January 18, 2022January 18, 2022Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-yfqwf-11803cf On the German Greens' shady history. Journalist Lily Lynch, editor of Balkanist, joins us to talk about her recent investigations into the Green Party, who are now back in power in Germany. The 68ers attempted to combat…

/235/ Political Ritalin ft. Anton Jäger

by Alex__1789January 11, 2022January 11, 2022Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-t4z5n-11769e3 On our current attention-deficit and hyperpolitical disorder. In our book, The End of the End of History, we discuss the move from post-politics to anti-politics; from consensus to rejection; from apathy to anger. In a new article,…

Excerpt: /234/ Three Articles: Restoration?

by Alex__1789January 4, 2022January 5, 2022Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xrene-116ccfc On Millennial homeowners, the USA falling apart, and restoration in the UK. As better-off 30-somethings start to get on the property ladder, does this put paid to 'Generation Left'? Will American decline be accompanied by a second civil war…

/228/ Three Articles: Popular Backlash in Chile, India, Europe

by Alex__1789November 30, 2021December 22, 2021Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-dk27v-113c640 On people power on three continents. We discuss Chile's landmark elections, the first after the uprising of 2019-20, which see a face-off between left and far-right; Modi's repeal of controversial laws that provoked a huge mobilisation of farmers in…

/225/ Wokeistan & Lebanonworld ft. Karl Sharro

by Alex__1789November 16, 2021November 29, 2021Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ybm2u-11314f8 On sectarianism & identitarianism. Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) is back on Bunga to talk to us about his essay "The Retreat from Universalism in the Middle East and the World". Lebanon has been used as a model for other Middle…

Excerpt: OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, pt. 3

by Alex__1789October 5, 2021December 3, 2021Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-p4ygt-10f7e85 The third in a special five-part series on generational consciousness and conflict. This is an excerpt. For the full 1h40min episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast In this episode, we examine the Baby Boomers – myth and reality. The…

/218/ Stability Über Alles ft. Wolfgang Streeck

by Alex__1789September 30, 2021October 29, 2021Leave a comment

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-h7nde-10f1723 On German's elections – and the costs of stability. Wolfgang Streeck is back on the podcast to round-up Germany's elections last Sunday (26 September). What's behind the emphasis on continuity and competence? Is Germany stuck in the 2000s? We…